Lago di Corbara

Lago di Corbara is an appellation in Italy in Baschi and Orvieto. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

1999-02-19

Area

34,953 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

20.73 × 32.29 km

Centre

42.7258° N, 12.1885° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Albana, Alicante, Barbera, Bellone, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Bianco, Canaiolo Nero, Carignano, Cesanese Comune, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Dolcetto, Falanghina, Fiano, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Gamay, Garganega, Grechetto, Grechetto Rosso, Greco, Greco Bianco, Grero, Incrocio Bruni 54, Lacrima, Maceratino, Maiolica, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca Di Candia, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Del Lazio, Malvasia, Mammolo, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Mostosa, Nebbiolo, Passerina, Pecorino, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Primitivo, Prugnolo Gentile, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Tannat, Teroldego, Tocai Friulano, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Spoletino, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Vernaccia Nera, Viognier

Other grapes

Cesanese D Affile, Marselan, Mueller Thurgau

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

6.2 km east of Orvieto

Nearest city

41 km north-west of Terni 111,189 people

To the sea

66 km

Rivers nearby

Tiber (2.7 km)

Lakes nearby

Bolsena (19 km) · Bracciano (19 km)

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Cayuga Lake (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

78–838 m

Mean elevation

337 m

Measured over the whole outline on 111,832 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)45%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)25%
• Intermediate volcanic rocks18%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 2

• Baschi
• Orvieto

Wineries · 2

• Barberani
• Bigi

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications